LGBT LGBTQ plus ESG 100

 

 

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 10-K

(Mark One)

þ		ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008

OR

o		TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

Commission File Number: 000-50879

PLANETOUT INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

DELAWARE (State or other jurisdiction of Incorporation or organization)		94-3391368 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1355 Sansome Street, San Francisco CA (Address of principal executive offices)		94111 (Zip Code)

(415) 834-6500
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class		Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock,		The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
$0.001 Par Value Per Share

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None

     Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
               Yes o      No  þ

     Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.
               Yes o      No  þ

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes þ      No o

     Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. o

     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act) Yes o      No  þ

The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates, computed by reference to the closing price for the common stock as quoted by the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC as of June 30, 2008 and based upon information provided by stockholders on Schedules 13D and 13G filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, was approximately $2,660,150. Shares of common stock held by each executive officer and director and by each person who owns 5% or more of the registrant’s outstanding common stock have been excluded in that such persons may be deemed to be affiliates. This determination of affiliate status is not necessarily a conclusive determination for other purposes.

     As of February 25, 2009, there were 4,088,118 shares of the registrant’s common stock, $0.001 par value, outstanding.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

     Certain sections of the registrant’s definitive Proxy Statement for the 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders are incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K to the extent stated herein.

 

 

PlanetOut Inc.
Form 10-K
For The Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2008
Table of Contents

				Page
PART I
Item 1.		Business			1
Item 1A.		Risk Factors			6
Item 1B.		Unresolved Staff Comments			13
Item 2.		Properties			13
Item 3.		Legal Proceedings			14
Item 4.		Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders			14
PART II
Item 5.		Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities			15
Item 6.		Selected Financial Data			15
Item 7.		Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations			17
Item 8.		Financial Statements and Supplementary Data			27
Item 9.		Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure			53
Item 9A.		Controls and Procedures			53
Item 9B		Other Information			53
PART III
Item 10.		Directors and Executive Officers and Corporate Governance			53
Item 11.		Executive Compensation			53
Item 12.		Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters			54
Item 13.		Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence			54
Item 14.		Principal Accounting Fees and Services			54
PART IV
Item 15.		Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules			54
Signatures					58
EX-4.10
EX-21.1
EX-23.1
EX-31.1
EX-31.2
EX-32.1
EX-32.2

Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

     Certain statements set forth or incorporated by reference in this Form 10-K, as well as in our Annual Report to Stockholders for the year ended December 31, 2008, constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause our results and our industry’s results, level of activity, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “continue,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “may,” “plans,” “potential,” “predicts,” “should,” “will,” or similar terminology. You should consider our forward-looking statements in light of the risks discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” in Item 1A, as well as our Consolidated Financial Statements, related notes, and the other financial information appearing elsewhere in this report and our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statements.

PART I

Item 1. Business

Company Overview

     PlanetOut Inc. (“PlanetOut”) was incorporated in Delaware in 2000. We are a leading online media company serving the worldwide lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, or LGBT, community. We serve this audience through our websites Gay.com and PlanetOut.com

     As a result of further integrating our various businesses, our executive management team, and our financial and management reporting systems during fiscal 2006, we began to operate as three segments effective January 1, 2007: Online, Publishing and Travel and Events. The Travel and Events segment consisted of travel and events marketed through our RSVP Productions, Inc. (“RSVP”) brand and by our consolidated affiliate, PNO DSW Events, LLC (“DSW”). We sold our interest in DSW in March 2007 and substantially all the assets of RSVP in December 2007.

     On January 14, 2008, we announced that we retained the services of Allen & Company, LLC to assist us in evaluating strategic alternatives, including a possible sale of the Company. On August 13, 2008, we completed the sale of our Publishing business, which included substantially all the assets of LPI Media Inc. (“LPI”) and SpecPub, Inc. (“SpecPub”), to Regent Entertainment Media Inc. (“Regent Entertainment”) the designee of Regent Releasing, L.L.C. (“Regent”), an affiliate of Here Networks. In connection with the sale of our Publishing business to Regent, PlanetOut agreed to provide certain marketing and advertising services under a Marketing Agreement with Regent. As a result of the sale of our Publishing business, we currently operate in one segment: Online.

     With the extensive reach of our brands, we believe we provide advertisers with unparalleled access to the LGBT community. We generate revenue from multiple forms of online advertising including run-of-site advertising, advertising within specialized content channels and online-community areas, and member-targeted e-mails. We also offer advertisers data on consumer behavior and the effectiveness of their online advertising campaigns with us through user feedback and independent third-party analysis.

     We believe our online user base includes one of the most extensive networks of self-identified gay and lesbian people in the world. Users can access content on our flagship websites for free and without registration, thereby generating page views and potential advertising and transaction services revenue. Those users who wish to access our online member-to-member connection services must register for our general membership services by providing their name, e-mail address and other personal content. Registration for general membership services on our flagship websites, Gay.com and PlanetOut.com, allows access to integrated services, including profile creation and search, basic chat and instant messaging. Members may also subscribe to our paid premium subscription service which enables them to access a number of special features that are not generally available under our free general membership packages.

     On January 8, 2009, we signed a definitive agreement to combine with Here Networks LLC and Regent Entertainment Media Inc. Under the proposed business combination, the combined entity will be called Here Media Inc. (“Here Media”), and the transaction will be effected through a contribution by the owners of Here Networks and Regent Entertainment Media of those businesses and an estimate of $4.7 million of cash into Here Media, a newly formed holding company. PlanetOut will concurrently be merged with a wholly owned subsidiary of Here Media. Following the contribution and the merger, all three companies will be subsidiaries of Here Media.

     Under the terms of the agreement, PlanetOut stockholders will receive one share of Here Media common stock, together with one share of Here Media special stock, for each share of PlanetOut stock that the stockholder owns immediately prior to the effective time of the merger, which will result in the former PlanetOut stockholders owning approximately 20% of Here Media’s common stock and 100% of its outstanding special stock. The owners of Here Networks and Regent Entertainment Media will receive that number of shares of Here Media’s common stock such that they will own approximately 80% of Here Media’s common stock following the merger and the contributions. The special stock is being issued to provide a limited form of downside protection in the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of Here Media or a sale of Here Media for cash or publicly tradable within four years after the merger and in which the holders of Here Media common stock would, but for the effect of the special stock, receive less than $4.00 per share.

      Advertising Services

     We derive advertising services revenue from advertising contracts in which we typically undertake to deliver a minimum number of “impressions,” or times that an advertisement appears in pages viewed by users of our online properties. Our advertisers can display graphical advertisements on the pages that are viewed by our users across all our online properties and on our affiliates’ websites. We work with our advertisers to maximize the effectiveness of their campaigns by optimizing advertisement formats and placement on our websites. We believe that online advertising will continue to grow and diversify as it captures a larger share of total advertising dollars.

     During the years ended December 31, 2006, 2007 and 2008, no single advertiser accounted for more than 10% of our domestic online advertising revenue other than Regent under our Marketing Agreement which represented 27% of our domestic online advertising revenue in the year ended December 31, 2008. Our five largest customer industry categories accounted for approximately 72%, 63% and 75%, respectively, of our domestic online advertising revenue for fiscal 2006, 2007 and 2008, respectively, excluding the effects of advertising services revenue recognized under the Marketing Agreement with Regent in fiscal 2008.

      Online Subscription Services

     We have offered Gay.com members a free, real-time chat service since 1996. We launched the PlanetOut.com personals service in 1997, and we believe PlanetOut.com was the first website of significant size to offer free personals specifically tailored to the LGBT community. In 2001, we created our paid premium membership services, Gay.com Premium Services and PlanetOut PersonalsPlus. As of December 31, 2008, we had approximately 95,000 subscribers to these online premium membership services.

     We do not charge fees for registering as a member or creating a profile on either Gay.com or PlanetOut.com, but non-subscribers have only limited access to member profile photographs and chat services, and may only perform basic profile searches. By joining our paid premium membership services, a Gay.com Premium Services or PlanetOut PersonalsPlus subscriber may reply to an unlimited number of profiles, bookmark and block profiles, perform advanced profile searches and view all full-sized photographs posted by other members. In addition, we frequently offer other benefits with premium membership, including free subscriptions to magazines. We believe these types of additional premium offerings serve as an inducement for free members to convert to paying subscribers and for subscribers to lower-priced, shorter-term plans to convert to higher-priced, longer-term plans.

     In addition to the general membership services offered by Gay.com and PlanetOut.com, our Premium Services packages offer members additional enhanced features which include access to live customer and technical support and specialized premium content, as well as the ability to simultaneously enter several of our more than 700 chat rooms. Some of these special premium features are not currently available on PlanetOut.com.

     While both services are available to anyone, Gay.com’s subscriber base is more heavily male and PlanetOut.com’s includes a higher percentage of females. As of December 31, 2008, approximately 96% of subscribers on Gay.com identified themselves as male and on PlanetOut.com, 37% of subscribers identified themselves as female. As of December 31, 2008, 13% of our Gay.com paid subscribers identified themselves as residing outside the United States.

     We are paid up-front for premium memberships, and we recognize subscription revenue ratably over the subscription period. As of December 31, 2007 and 2008, deferred revenue related to premium membership subscription totaled approximately $3.9 million and $2.5 million, respectively.

      Transaction Services

     We generate transactions services revenue by offering co-marketing opportunities with other affiliates that are marketing to the LGBT community. Transaction service revenue is recognized for our share of co-marketing revenue under these co-marketing affiliate agreements when payment is received.

      Product Development and Technology

     In 2007, our product development teams completed extensive consumer research to identify key opportunities for us to increase the marketability of our online properties and established a redevelopment roadmap and timeline to introduce a new user experience for our consumers, completed the key preliminary planning stages and began the redevelopment effort. In 2008, we completed the development effort and launched a new version of Gay.com.

     Our capital expenditures are primarily focused on the integration and re-architecture of the core technology platform of our websites and supporting our member services, including the introduction of new features and functions. We strive to concentrate our acquisitions of hardware and software with a single primary vendor when we believe it is feasible and cost-effective to do so. By reducing the number of types of systems we use, we believe we are better able to manage our systems and achieve attractive pricing with vendors with whom we have established relationships.

     Our basic network infrastructure primarily resides in virtual machines that are hosted in multi-core servers that leverage their capabilities in order to maximize efficiency and scalability. We primarily utilize open source software and widely scalable, low-cost servers to reduce cost and enable us to easily expand technological capacity to handle increased loads. We track and monitor the growth of traffic on our websites and strive to maintain reserve capacity for extraordinary loads. We attempt to streamline and consolidate our technology as we upgrade our equipment to increase capacity.

     We employ several methods to protect our computer networks from damage, power interruption, computer viruses and security breaches that would result in a disruption of service to our members. Our hosted computer network, located in San Jose and operated by a third-party vendor, provides the primary services that we offer to the public on our flagship websites. The computer equipment in our hosted network is located in an industrial-grade server room with on-site security systems and redundant uninterruptible power supply units, as well as smoke detection and fire suppression systems. The equipment is also deployed in a redundant configuration, designed to prevent any single computer failure from interrupting the services available on our websites. This network is protected from security breaches by a firewall, including anti-virus protection.

Competitive Strengths

      Strong Community Affinity. We believe we have developed a loyal, active community of users, customers, members and subscribers. The word-of-mouth marketing that occurs through these individuals is an important source of past and potential growth, as increasing social interaction among users within our online community and word-of-mouth in the broader LGBT community help us obtain new and retain previous users and customers. We believe the Gay.com domain name helps reinforce our position as a leading network of LGBT people in the world.

      Critical Mass. We believe we have built a critical mass of users across multiple properties that is attractive to advertisers, vendors, and consumers alike. We believe our combined worldwide Gay.com and PlanetOut.com member base constitutes one of the largest online networks of gay and lesbian people in the world. We also believe the size and attractive demographic characteristics of our user base is appealing to advertisers who seek multiple, cost-effective ways to target the LGBT market.

      Diversified Revenue Streams. We derive our revenue from a combination of advertising, subscription and transaction services offered through our websites. We believe that having multiple revenue streams allows us to better withstand periodic fluctuations in individual markets, take advantage of cross-selling opportunities to our advertising and consumer customers, and more effectively monetize the audiences and traffic that we have built through our various properties.

      Scalable Business Model. We believe we have an overall business model in which additional revenue can be generated with relatively low increases in our expenses. In our online subscription business, we believe the marginal cost to us of providing services to each new subscriber is relatively low. At the same time, much of the content accessible through our flagship websites is generated by members and made available at modest incremental cost. By creating additional web pages or chat screens on which we can place advertisements, each additional user on these websites also generates additional advertising capacity at little incremental cost.

      Compelling Content. We offer compelling editorial content to the LGBT community, covering topics such as travel, news, entertainment, fashion, sports, and health. In addition, we believe our rich and varied LGBT-focused content, the integration of our chat, profile and instant messaging features and the ability of our online members to generate and share their own content and interact with one another keeps users returning to our websites. These features increase user touchpoints and provide us with more opportunities to generate advertising revenue, grow our subscriber base, and increase product and service sales.

      Niche Market Focus . We believe that we provide advertisers with a number of effective and innovative ways to reach both the larger LGBT community and those segments within the LGBT community that may share a particular affinity for their products or services. Our value proposition to advertisers includes:

•		Focused Advertising. We believe we deliver access to one of the largest audiences of self-identified gay and lesbian people in the world. Our advertising programs allow both large national and international advertisers as well as smaller, local advertisers to reach the LGBT audience in a cost-effective manner.
•		Targeted Campaigns. In addition to offering advertisers the opportunity to reach the broader LGBT audience, we offer the opportunity to more closely target specific audiences. For example, advertisers have the potential to reach our entire online user base with run-of-site advertisements or to target only those members who share certain common attributes such as age, gender, geographic location or online behaviors. By dividing our online content offerings into topic sections within channels, we provide our advertisers with the ability to target their marketing efforts further, by sponsoring topic sections or running individual advertisements in channels specifically relevant to their particular products and services or brand strategy.
•		Research and Analysis. We engage third parties to conduct independent research on member panels assembled from our online membership base regarding the effectiveness of specific campaigns as well as other matters of interest to our advertisers. Campaign studies examine the effect the campaign had on brand awareness, brand attributes, message association, brand favorability, purchase intent and advertisement recall and can include an analysis of the research and recommendations for future advertising campaigns. In addition to benefiting the advertiser, this type of research helps educate us on how to more effectively position and manage campaigns for our advertisers.

Growth Strategy

     Our goal is to enhance our position as an LGBT-focused market leader by maximizing the growth prospects and profitability of each of our revenue streams. We seek to achieve this through the following strategies:

      Growing Our User Base. We have sought to grow our user and subscription base by building on the extensive member base that we have developed online through the Gay.com and PlanetOut.com websites. We plan to continue marketing directly to consumers through targeted online advertising, keyword buys and affiliate programs. We also intend to offer new products and services through our websites. For example, we are currently developing improvements to key features such as chat and profiles, and expanded capabilities related to member-generated content as part of our website and technology re-architecture

      Capitalizing on Advertising Growth and Relationships. We believe our large user base across multiple properties provides us with greater reach than other LGBT-focused media providers and that we are well positioned to benefit from the growth in advertisers wishing to target the LGBT community. By promoting packages that include, among others, Internet, e-mail, and events opportunities, we believe we can differentiate our products and more effectively serve our advertising clients.

Competition

     We operate in a highly competitive environment. Across all three of our revenue streams, we compete with traditional media companies focused on the general population and the LGBT community, including local newspapers, national and regional magazines, satellite radio, cable networks, and network, cable and satellite television shows. In our advertising business, we compete with a broad variety of online and print content providers, including large media companies such as Yahoo!, Google, MSN, Time Warner, Viacom, Condé Nast and News Corporation, as well as a number of smaller companies focused specifically on the LGBT community. In our online subscription business, our competitors include these companies as well as other companies that offer more targeted online service offerings, such as Match.com and Yahoo! Personals, and a number of other smaller online companies focused specifically on the LGBT community. More recently, we have faced competition from the growth of social networking sites, such as MySpace and Facebook, that provide opportunity for an online community for a wide variety of users, including the LGBT community. In our transaction business, we compete with traditional and online retailers. Most of these transaction service competitors target their products and services to the general audience while still serving the LGBT market. Other competitors, however, specialize in the LGBT market.

     We believe that the primary competitive factors affecting our business are quality of content and service, price, functionality, brand recognition, customer affinity and loyalty, ease of use, reliability and critical mass. Some of our current and many of our potential competitors have longer operating histories, larger customer bases and greater brand recognition in other business and Internet markets and significantly greater financial, marketing, technical and other resources than we do. Therefore, these competitors may be able to devote greater resources to marketing and promotional campaigns, adopt more aggressive pricing policies or may try to attract readers, users or traffic by offering services for free and devote substantially more resources to producing content and developing their services and systems than we can.

Intellectual Property

     We use a combination of trademark, copyright and trade secret laws and confidentiality agreements to protect our proprietary intellectual property. We have registered several trademarks in the United States, including “PlanetOut,” “PlanetOut and Design,” and “Gay.com and Design.” We have registered or applied for additional protection for several of these trademarks in select relevant international jurisdictions. Even if these applications are allowed, they may not provide us with a competitive advantage. To date, we have relied primarily on common law copyright protection to protect the content posted on our websites. Competitors may challenge the validity and scope of our trademarks and copyrights. From time to time, we may encounter disputes over rights and obligations concerning our use of intellectual property. We believe that the services we offer do not infringe the intellectual property rights of any third party. We cannot, however, make any assurances that we will prevail in any intellectual property dispute.

Regulatory Compliance

We are, and may in the future be, subject to federal, state, local and international laws, including laws affecting companies conducting business on the Internet, including user privacy laws, regulations prohibiting unfair and deceptive trade practices and laws addressing issues such as freedom of expression, pricing and access charges, quality of products and services, taxation, advertising, intellectual property rights, display and production of material intended for mature audiences and information security. In particular, we are required, or may in the future, be required, to:

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comply with a law enacted in New Jersey in January 2008, or other similar laws which may be passed in the future, requiring us to conduct background checks on our members prior to allowing them to interact with other members on our websites or, alternatively, provide notice on our websites that we have not conducted background checks on our members;

	•		provide advance notice of any changes to our privacy policies or to our policies on sharing non-public information with third parties;
	•		with limited exceptions, give consumers the right to prevent sharing of their non-public personal information with unaffiliated third parties;
	•		provide notice to residents in some states if their personal information was, or is reasonably believed to have been, obtained by an unauthorized person such as a computer hacker;
	•		comply with current or future anti-spam legislation by limiting or modifying some of its marketing and advertising efforts, such as email campaigns;
	•		comply with the European Union privacy directive and other international regulatory requirements by modifying the ways in which we collect and share our users’ personal information;
	•		qualify to do business in various states and countries, in addition to jurisdictions where we are currently qualified, because our websites are accessible over the Internet in those states and countries;
	•		limit our domestic or international expansion because some jurisdictions may limit or prevent access to our services as a result of the availability of some content intended for mature viewing; and
	•		limit or prevent access, from some jurisdictions, to some or all of the member-generated content available through our websites. For example, regulations adopted by the United States Department of Justice (the “DOJ”) under the Child Protection and Obscenity Act of 1988 (the “CPO Act”) require primary and secondary producers, as defined in the regulations, of certain adult materials to obtain and make available for inspection specified records, such as a performer’s name, address and certain forms of photo identification as proof of a performer’s age. We could be deemed a secondary producer under the CPO Act because we allow our members to display photographic images on our websites as part of member profiles. While the CPO Act and related regulations have been the subject of extensive litigation challenging their constitutionality, they remain in effect in modified form. We may accordingly be subject to significant and burdensome recordkeeping compliance requirements and will have to evaluate and implement additional registration and recordkeeping processes and procedures, each of which would result in additional expenses or in fines or other sanctions in the event of noncompliance. Alternatively, if we determine that the recordkeeping and compliance requirements would be too burdensome, we may be forced to limit the type of content that we allow our members to post to their profiles.

Employees

     As of December 31, 2008, we had 95 full-time employees and 10 part-time or temporary employees. We utilize part-time and temporary employees primarily to handle overflow work and short-term projects. None of our employees are unionized, and we believe that we generally have good relations with our employees.

     On January 16, 2009, we reduced our workforce by approximately 33%, including our Chief Technology Officer, to reduce costs and manage expenses.

Executive Officers

     The following table sets forth information regarding our executive officers as of March 3, 2009:

Name		Age				Position
Executive officers
Daniel E. Steimle			60			Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer

      Daniel E. Steimle has served as our Interim Chief Financial Officer since October 2007 and on March 2, 2009, our board of directors appointed Mr. Steimle as our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, effective March 3, 2009. Since June 2007, Mr. Steimle has been a member of Tatum, LLC, an executive services firm, prior to which he was with CSL Consulting, a consulting firm, from November 2006 to May 2007, and again from October 2002 to June 2004 where he served as acting CFO and in other advisory capacities for several technology companies. From July 2004 to November 2006, Mr. Steimle served as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer at Turin Networks, Inc., a telecommunications equipment supplier. From August 2000 to September 2002, Mr. Steimle served as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer for LGC Wireless, Inc., a wireless infrastructure equipment supplier. Prior to that, Mr. Steimle served as Chief Financial Officer and in other senior financial management positions for several public and private technology companies. Mr. Steimle holds a B.S. in Accounting from Ohio State University and a MBA in Management/Marketing from the University of Cincinnati.

Available Information

     Our corporate website is located at http://www.planetoutinc.com . We make available free of charge, on or through the Investor Center on our corporate website, our annual, quarterly and current reports, and any amendments to those reports, as soon as reasonably practicable after electronically filing such reports with the SEC. Information contained on our corporate website, or on our flagship or other websites, is not part of this report or any other report filed with the SEC.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

We have a history of significant losses. If we do not regain and sustain profitability, our financial condition and stock price will continue to suffer.

     We have experienced significant net losses and we expect to continue to incur losses in the future. As of December 31, 2008, our accumulated deficit was approximately $107.1 million. We experienced net losses of $51.2 million and $17.7 million for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2008, respectively and we may not be able to regain or sustain profitability in the near future, causing our financial condition to suffer and our stock price to decline.

While our proposed merger with Here Networks LLC and Regent Entertainment Media Inc. is pending, we will be subject to business uncertainties and contractual restrictions that could adversely affect our business.

          Uncertainty about the effect of our proposed merger on our employees and customers may have an adverse effect on our business. Although we intend to take actions to reduce any adverse effects, these uncertainties may impair our ability to attract, retain and motivate key personnel until the merger is completed and for a period of time thereafter, and could cause customers, suppliers and others that deal with us to seek to change existing business relationships. Employee retention may be particularly challenging during the pendency of the merger, as employees may experience uncertainty about their future post-merger roles with the company. If, despite our retention efforts, key employees depart because of issues relating to the uncertainty and difficulty of integration or a desire not to remain with the company post-merger, our business could be seriously harmed.

          The merger agreement also restricts us from taking specified actions until the proposed business combination occurs or the merger agreement terminates. These restrictions may prevent us from pursuing otherwise attractive business opportunities and making other changes to our business that may arise before completion of the proposed business combination or, if the proposed business combination is abandoned, termination of the merger agreement.

Failure to complete the proposed business combination with Here Networks LLC and Regent Entertainment Media Inc. could negatively affect our business.

          If the proposed business combination is not completed for any reason, we may be subject to a number of material risks, including the following:

	•		we may not realize the benefits expected from becoming part of a combined company, including a potentially enhanced competitive and financial position;
	•		current and prospective employees may experience uncertainty about their future roles with us, which may adversely affect our ability to attract and retain key management, marketing and technical personnel;
	•		in preparation for the proposed business combination, we may take additional actions with respect to our business that we would not have taken if we were continuing to operate on a stand-alone basis;

	•		costs related to the proposed business combination which we incur, such as legal, accounting and some financial advisory fees, must be paid even if the proposed business combination is not completed; and
	•		we may be required to raise additional capital to continue operating as a stand-alone company, which could result in substantial dilution to our existing stockholders or increased interest and other costs, and such additional capital may not be available on acceptable terms, or at all, especially in view of the current market conditions.

If we are unable to generate revenue from advertising or if we were to lose our existing advertisers, our business will suffer.

     Our advertising revenue is dependent on the budgeting, buying patterns and expenditures of advertisers which in turn are affected by a number of factors beyond our control such as general economic conditions, changes in consumer habits and changes in the retail sales environment. A decline or delay in advertising expenditures caused by such factors could reduce or hurt our ability to increase our revenue. Advertising expenditures by companies in certain sectors of the economy, such as the healthcare and pharmaceutical industry, currently represent a significant portion of our advertising revenue. Any political, economic, social or technological change resulting in a significant reduction in the advertising spending of this sector or other sectors could adversely affect our advertising revenue or our ability to increase such revenue.

     Our advertising revenue is also dependent on the collective experience of our sales force and on our ability to recruit, hire, train, retain and manage our sales force. We have experienced turnover in our sales team and, on January 16, 2009, reduced our sales force by approximately 50% to reduce costs and manage expenses. If we are unable to retain our current sales force, or if our reduced sales force is unable to effectively meet its increased obligations, we may be unable to meet the demands of our current advertisers or attract new advertisers and our advertising revenue could decrease.

     Additionally, advertisers and advertising agencies may not perceive the LGBT market that we serve to be a broad enough or profitable enough market for their advertising budgets, or may prefer to direct their online advertising expenditures to larger, higher-traffic websites that focus on broader markets. If we are unable to attract new advertisers or if our advertising campaigns are unsuccessful with the LGBT community, our revenue will decrease and operating results will suffer.

     In our advertising business, we compete with a broad variety of online content providers, including large media companies such as Yahoo!, Google, MSN, Time Warner, Viacom and News Corporation, as well as a number of smaller companies focused on the LGBT community. If we are unable to successfully compete with current and new competitors, we may not be able to achieve or maintain market share, increase our revenue or achieve profitability.

     Our ability to fulfill the demands of our online advertisers is dependent on the number of page views generated by our visitors, members and subscribers. If we are not able to attract new visitors, members or subscribers or to retain our current visitors, members and subscribers, our page views may decrease. If our page views decrease, we may be unable to timely meet the demands of our current online advertisers and our advertising revenue could decrease.

     If our advertisers perceive the advertising campaigns we run for them to be unsuccessful or if they do not renew their contracts with us, our revenue will decrease and operating results will suffer.

Our success depends, in part, upon the growth of Internet advertising and upon our ability to accurately predict the cost of customized campaigns.

     We compete with traditional media including television, radio and print, in addition to high-traffic websites, such as those operated by Yahoo!, Google, AOL and MSN, for a share of advertisers’ total online advertising expenditures. We face the risk that advertisers might find the Internet to be less effective than traditional media in promoting their products or services, and as a result they may reduce or eliminate their expenditures on Internet advertising. Many potential advertisers and advertising agencies have only limited experience advertising on the Internet and historically have not devoted a significant portion of their advertising expenditures to Internet advertising. Additionally, filter software programs that limit or prevent advertisements from being displayed on or delivered to a user’s computer are becoming increasingly available. If this type of software becomes widely accepted, it would negatively affect Internet advertising. Our business could be harmed if the market for Internet advertising does not grow.

     Currently, we offer advertisers a number of alternatives to advertise their products or services on our websites, and to our members, including banner advertisements, rich media advertisements, email campaigns, text links and sponsorships of our channels, topic sections, directories, sweepstakes, awards and other online databases and content. Frequently, advertisers request advertising campaigns consisting of a combination of these offerings, including some that may require custom development. If we are unable to predict the cost of developing these custom advertising campaigns, our expenses may increase and our margins will be reduced.

If we encounter technical difficulties, such as outages and slow or non-responsive system performance, with our Gay.com website or if the website lacks the functionality desired by our users, members and subscribers, our revenue will decline.

     We recently converted the core website functionality of our flagship website, Gay.com, onto a new technology platform. During the re-launch of the Gay.com website, we experienced technical difficulties that resulted in downtime and suboptimal performance of the website. As a result of these technical difficulties, some of our members and subscribers canceled their accounts and subscriptions with us. On January 16, 2009, we reduced our technology staff by approximately 50% to reduce costs and manage expenses. If we encounter further technical difficulties, and such difficulties result in continued or increased downtime on our Gay.com website, or if our users, members and subscribers do not like the new look, feel and functionality of our new Gay.com website, additional members and subscribers may cancel their accounts and subscriptions with us, advertisers may fail to initiate or renew their contracts with us and our revenue will decline.

If our efforts to attract and retain subscribers are not successful, our revenue will decrease.

     Because a significant portion of our revenue is derived from our subscription services, we must continue to attract and retain subscribers. Many of our new subscribers originate from word-of-mouth referrals from existing subscribers within the LGBT community. If our subscribers do not perceive our service offerings to be of high quality or sufficient breadth, if we introduce new services or re-launch current services, as we recently did with our Gay.com website, and such services are not favorably received or if we fail to introduce compelling new content or features or enhance our existing offerings, we may not be able to attract new subscribers or retain our current subscribers. In the year ended December 31, 2008, total subscription cancellations exceeded the number of new subscriptions, resulting in a decrease in total paying online subscribers.

     Our base of likely potential subscribers is also limited to members of the LGBT community, who collectively comprise a small portion of the general adult population.

     While seeking to add new subscribers, we must also minimize the loss of existing subscribers. We lose our existing subscribers primarily as a result of cancellations and credit card failures due to expirations or exceeded credit limits. Subscribers cancel their subscription to our services for many reasons, including a perception, among some subscribers, that they do not use the service sufficiently, that the service is a poor value or that customer service issues are not satisfactorily resolved. Members may decline to subscribe or existing subscribers may cancel their subscriptions if our websites experience a disruption or degradation of services, including slow response times or excessive downtime due to scheduled or unscheduled hardware or software maintenance or denial of service attacks. We must continually add new subscribers both to replace subscribers who cancel or whose subscriptions are not renewed due to credit card failures and to continue to grow our business beyond our current subscriber base. If excessive numbers of subscribers cancel their subscription, we may be required to incur significantly higher marketing expenditures than we currently anticipate in order to replace canceled subscribers with new subscribers, which will harm our financial condition.

We may need additional capital and may not be able to raise additional funds on favorable terms or at all, which could limit our ability to continue operations, dilute the ownership interests of existing stockholders, cause us to seek business dispositions on unfavorable terms, or cause us to consider curtailing or ceasing operations.

     In July 2007, we completed a private placement financing, which resulted in significant dilution to our existing stockholders. As a result of our recent and continuing losses, we may need to raise additional capital to fund operating activities. We expect that raising additional financing will be very difficult, if it could be obtained at all. If we were to raise additional funds through the issuance of equity, equity-related or debt securities, these securities may have rights, preferences or privileges senior to those of the rights of our common stock, and our stockholders will experience further dilution of their ownership interests. If we are unable to raise additional financing, our business could be harmed, and we could be forced to engage in dispositions of remaining assets or businesses on unfavorable terms, or consider curtailing or ceasing operations.

If we do not regain and maintain compliance with Nasdaq minimum market value of publicly held shares requirement or other listing requirements, we may be forced to transfer to the Nasdaq Capital Market or our common stock may be delisted.

     On August 11, 2008, we received a notice from the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market stating that we have not maintained a minimum market value of $5,000,000 of publicly held shares (defined as total shares outstanding, less any shares held by officers, directors or beneficial owners of 10% or more of the total shares outstanding), as required for continued inclusion under Marketplace Rule 4450(a)(2) (the “Rule”). The notice further stated that we had 90 calendar days (or until October 30, 2008) to regain compliance. If, at anytime prior to October 30, 2008, the minimum market value of publicly held shares (as defined by the Rule) of our common stock was $5,000,000 or greater for a minimum of 10 consecutive trading days, then we would regain compliance with the Rule. We were unable to regain compliance by October 30, 2008. However, on October 16, 2008, we were notified by Nasdaq that, due to extraordinary market conditions, Nasdaq was temporarily suspending the minimum bid price and market value of publicly held shares requirements for continued inclusion. As a result of that suspension, all companies in the compliance process resulting from their failure to meet these requirements, including us, will remain in the same stage of the process through April 19, 2009.

     If we cannot demonstrate compliance with the Rule by approximately April 30, 2009, the Nasdaq staff will provide written notification that our securities will be delisted and, at that time, we may appeal the determination to a Listing Qualifications Panel. If our common stock were to be delisted, it would trade on the over-the-counter bulletin board or in the “pink sheets,” both of which are viewed by most investors as less desirable and less liquid market places than the Nasdaq Global Market or the Nasdaq Capital Market. This could make trading more difficult for our investors, leading to lower trading volumes and declines in share price, which would also make it more difficult and expensive for us to raise any additional capital. Additionally, a future reverse stock split, if any, may not necessarily result in our regaining compliance with Nasdaq rules.

     Alternatively, we may apply to transfer our securities to the Nasdaq Capital Market, if we satisfy inclusion requirements for that market. If we timely submit the transfer application, the initiation of the delisting proceedings will be stayed by the Nasdaq staff pending review of the application. We intend to monitor the minimum market value of publicly held shares (as defined by the Rule) of our common stock between now and approximately April 30, 2009. If our common stock does not trade at a level that is likely to regain compliance, our board of directors will consider options available to us, including applying to transfer our securities to the Nasdaq Capital Market.

We expect our operating results to fluctuate, which may lead to volatility in our stock price.

     Our operating results have fluctuated in the past and may fluctuate significantly in the future due to a variety of factors, many of which are outside of our control. As a result, we believe that period-over-period comparisons of our operating results are not necessarily meaningful and that you should not rely on the results of one period as an indication of our future or long-term performance. Our operating results in future quarters may be below the expectations of public market analysts and investors, which may result in a decline in our stock price.

Recent and potential future divestitures could result in operating difficulties and unanticipated liabilities.

     In December 2007, we completed the sale of substantially all of the assets of our Travel and Events business, RSVP. On August 13, 2008, we completed the sale of our Publishing business, including substantially all of the assets of our subsidiaries LPI and SpecPub. These divestitures may be associated with a number of risks, including:

	•		potential goodwill write downs associated with acquisitions of businesses where the previously anticipated synergies of the combined entities have not been realized. For example, during fiscal 2007, we recorded goodwill impairment charges of $21.1 million and $4.0 million in discontinued operations due to lower revenue than expected related to our Publishing and Travel and Events businesses, respectively;
	•		the potential diversion of significant management attention and significant financial resources from the ongoing development of our business during the implementation of a divestiture;
	•		the potential impairment of relationships with and difficulty in attracting and retaining employees as a result of the divestiture of certain businesses;
	•		the potential impairment of relationships with our subscribers, advertisers, customers and partners as a result of the divestiture of certain businesses; and
	•		the difficulty in attracting and retaining qualified management to lead the retained businesses.

     If we are unable to successfully address these or other risks associated with the divestiture of RSVP or LPI and SpecPub, we may be unable to replace the revenue from the divested businesses, which could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

If we do not continue to attract and retain qualified personnel, our business may suffer.

     Our success depends on the collective experience of our senior executive team and board of directors and on our ability to recruit, hire, train, retain and manage other highly skilled employees and directors. We have experienced departures of several executives and key employees, and on January 16, 2009, reduced our total workforce by approximately 33%, including our Chief Technology Officer, to reduce costs and manage expenses. Any disruptions from further reductions in force or departures of our senior executives or key employees could harm our business and financial results or limit our ability to grow and expand our business. Our financial condition, the recent reduction in force and divestiture of certain businesses and entry into a definitive merger agreement regarding a

proposed business combination with Here Networks LLC and Regent Entertainment Media Inc. may negatively impact our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel. We cannot provide assurance that we will be able to attract and retain a sufficient number of qualified employees or that we will successfully train and manage the employees that we do hire.

Any significant disruption in service on our websites or in our computer and communications hardware and software systems could harm our business.

     Our ability to attract new visitors, members, subscribers, advertisers and other customers to our websites is critical to our success and largely depends upon the efficient and uninterrupted operation of our computer and communications hardware and software systems. Our systems and operations are vulnerable to damage or interruption from power outages, computer hardware and telecommunications failures, software failures, computer viruses, security breaches, catastrophic events, errors in design, installation, configuration, monitoring and usage by our employees, errors in usage by our customers, risks inherent in upgrades and transitions to new hardware and software systems and network devices, or the failure of our third party vendors to perform their obligations for any reason, any of which could lead to interruption in our service and operations, and loss, misuse or theft of data. Our websites could also be targeted by direct attacks intended to cause a disruption in service or to siphon off customers to other Internet services. Our members’ email accounts could be compromised by phishing or other means, and used to send spam email messages clogging our email servers and disrupting our members’ ability to send and receive email. Any successful attempt by hackers to disrupt our websites’ services or our internal systems could harm our business, be expensive to remedy and damage our reputation, resulting in a loss of visitors, members, subscribers, advertisers and other customers.

If we are unable to compete effectively, we may lose market share and our revenue may decline.

     Our markets are intensely competitive and subject to rapid change. In our advertising business, we compete with traditional media companies focused on the general population and the LGBT community, including satellite radio, cable networks and network, cable and satellite television shows. We also compete with a broad variety of online content providers, including large media companies such as Yahoo!, Google, MSN, Time Warner, Viacom and News Corporation, as well as a number of smaller companies focused specifically on the LGBT community. In our subscription business, our competitors include many of the same companies as well as other companies that offer more targeted online service offerings, such as Match.com, Yahoo! Personals, and a number of other smaller online companies focused specifically on the LGBT community. More recently, we have faced competition from the growth of social networking sites, such as MySpace and Facebook, that provide opportunity for an online community for a wide variety of users, including the LGBT community. If we are unable to successfully compete with current and new competitors, we may not be able to achieve or maintain adequate market share, increase our revenue or regain and maintain profitability.

     We believe that the primary competitive factors affecting our business are quality of content and service, price, functionality, brand recognition, customer affinity and loyalty, ease of use, reliability and critical mass. Some of our current and many of our potential competitors have longer operating histories, larger customer bases and greater brand recognition in other business and Internet markets and significantly greater financial, marketing, technical and other resources than we do. Therefore, these competitors may be able to devote greater resources to marketing and promotional campaigns, adopt more aggressive pricing policies or may try to attract users or traffic by offering services for free and devote substantially more resources to developing their services and systems than we can. Increased competition may result in reduced operating margins, loss of market share and reduced revenue. Our ability to continue to offer increasingly competitive functional capabilities on our websites will also depend upon the success of our recent move onto a more extensible core technology platform.

If we are unable to protect our domain names, our reputation and brand could be harmed if third parties gain rights to, or use, these domain names in a manner that would confuse or impair our ability to attract and retain customers.

     We have registered various domain names relating to our brands, including Gay.com, PlanetOut.com, and PlanetOutInc.com. If we fail to maintain these registrations, a third party may be able to gain rights to or cause us to stop using these domain names, which will make it more difficult for users to find our websites and our service. The acquisition and maintenance of domain names are generally regulated by governmental agencies and their designees. The regulation of domain names in the United States may change in the near future. Governing bodies may designate additional top-level domains, appoint additional domain name registrars or modify the requirements for holding domain names. As a result, we may be unable to acquire or maintain relevant domain names. If a third party acquires domain names similar to ours and engages in a business that may be harmful to our reputation or confusing to our subscribers and other customers, our revenue may decline, and we may incur additional expenses in maintaining our brand and defending our reputation. Furthermore, the relationship between regulations governing domain names and laws protecting trademarks and similar proprietary rights is unclear. We may be unable to prevent third parties from acquiring domain names that are similar to, infringe upon or otherwise decrease the value of our trademarks and other proprietary rights.

If we fail to adequately protect our trademarks and other proprietary rights, or if we get involved in intellectual property litigation, our revenue may decline and our expenses may increase.

     We rely on a combination of confidentiality and license agreements with our employees, consultants and third parties with whom we have relationships, as well as trademark, copyright and trade secret protection laws, to protect our proprietary rights. If the protection of our proprietary rights is inadequate to prevent use or appropriation by third parties, the value of our brands and other intangible assets may be diminished, competitors may be able to more effectively mimic our service and methods of operations, the perception of our business and service to subscribers and potential subscribers may become confused in the marketplace and our ability to attract subscribers and other customers may suffer, resulting in loss of revenue.

     The Internet content delivery market is characterized by frequent litigation regarding patent and other intellectual property rights. As a publisher of online content, we face potential liability for negligence, copyright, patent or trademark infringement or other claims based on the nature and content of materials that we publish or distribute. For example, we have received, and may receive in the future, notices or offers from third parties claiming to have intellectual property rights in technologies that we use in our businesses and inviting us to license those rights. Litigation may be necessary in the future to enforce our intellectual property rights, to protect our trade secrets, to determine the validity and scope of the proprietary rights of others or to defend against claims of infringement or invalidity, and we may not prevail in any future litigation. We may also attract claims that our online media properties have violated the copyrights, rights of privacy, or other rights of third parties. Adverse determinations in litigation could result in the loss of our proprietary rights, subject us to significant liabilities, and require us to seek licenses from third parties or prevent us from licensing our technology or selling our products, any of which could seriously harm our business. An adverse determination could also result in the issuance of a cease and desist order, which may force us to discontinue operations through our website or websites. Intellectual property litigation, whether or not determined in our favor or settled, could be costly, could harm our reputation and could divert the efforts and attention of our management and technical personnel from normal business operations.

Existing or future government regulation in the United States and other countries could limit our growth and result in loss of revenue.

     We are subject to federal, state, local and international laws, including laws affecting companies conducting business on the Internet, including user privacy laws, regulations prohibiting unfair and deceptive trade practices and laws addressing issues such as freedom of expression, pricing and access charges, quality of products and services, taxation, advertising, intellectual property rights, display and production of material intended for mature audiences and information security. Our compliance with these laws may require us to, for example, change or limit the content we offer to customers through our websites, or change or limit the ways in which our online subscribers interact with one another. If such changes or limitations cause our subscribers to cancel their subscriptions, or reduce the number of first-time subscribers, our revenue could decline.

The risks of transmitting confidential information online, including credit card information, may discourage customers from subscribing to our services or purchasing goods from us.

     In order for the online marketplace to be successful, we and other market participants must be able to transmit confidential information, including credit card information, securely over public networks. Third parties may have the technology or know-how to breach the security of our customer transaction data. Any breach could cause consumers to lose confidence in the security of our websites and choose not to subscribe to our services or purchase goods from us. We cannot guarantee that our security measures will effectively prohibit others from obtaining improper access to our information or that of our users. If a person is able to circumvent our security measures, he or she could destroy or steal valuable information or disrupt our operations. Any security breach could expose us to risks of data loss, litigation and liability and may significantly disrupt our operations and harm our reputation, operating results or financial condition.

If we are unable to provide satisfactory customer service, we could lose subscribers.

     Our ability to provide satisfactory customer service depends, to a large degree, on the efficient and uninterrupted operation of our customer service operations. Any significant disruption or slowdown in our ability to process customer calls resulting from telephone or Internet failures, power, system or service outages, technological issues with our infrastructure, natural disasters or other events could make it difficult or impossible to provide adequate customer service and support. Further, we may be unable to attract and retain adequate numbers of competent customer service representatives, which is essential in creating a favorable interactive customer experience. In July 2007, we closed our office in Argentina, as a result of which the number of customer service representatives and the hours of customer service representation were reduced. In January 2009, we further reduced our customer service staff to reduce costs and manage expenses. If due to these reductions or otherwise we are unable to continually provide adequate staffing for our customer service operations, our reputation could be harmed and we may lose existing and potential subscribers. In addition, we cannot guarantee that email and telephone call volumes will not exceed our present system or staffing capacities. If this occurs, we could experience delays in responding to customer inquiries and addressing customer concerns.

We may be the target of negative publicity campaigns or other actions by advocacy groups that could disrupt our operations because we serve the LGBT community.

     Advocacy groups may target our business through negative publicity campaigns, lawsuits and boycotts seeking to limit access to our services or otherwise disrupt our operations because we serve the LGBT community. These actions could impair our ability to attract and retain customers, especially in our advertising business, resulting in decreased revenue, and cause additional financial harm by requiring that we incur significant expenditures to defend our business and by diverting management’s attention. Further, some investors, investment banking entities, market makers, lenders and others in the investment community may decide not to invest in our securities or provide financing to us because we serve the LGBT community, which, in turn, may hurt the value of our stock.

Adult content in our online service may be the target of negative publicity campaigns or subject us to restrictive or costly regulatory compliance.

     A portion of the content of our online service is adult in nature. Advocacy groups may target our business through negative publicity campaigns, lawsuits and boycotts seeking to limit access to our services or otherwise disrupt our operations because we are a provider of adult content. These actions could impair our ability to attract and retain customers, especially in our advertising business, resulting in decreased revenue, and cause additional financial harm by requiring that we incur significant expenditures to defend our business and by diverting management’s attention. Further, some investors, investment banking entities, market makers, lenders and others in the investment community may decide not to invest in our securities or provide financing to us because of our adult content, which, in turn, may hurt the value of our stock. Additionally, future laws or regulations, or new interpretations of existing laws and regulations, may restrict our ability to provide adult content, or make it more difficult or costly to do so, such as the Walsh Act, which became law in July 2006, and the regulations adopted by the DOJ in June 2005 and January 2009 purporting to implement the CPO Act.

If one or more states or countries successfully assert that we should collect sales or other taxes on the use of the Internet or the online sales of goods and services, our expenses will increase, resulting in lower margins.

     In the United States, federal and state tax authorities are currently exploring the appropriate tax treatment of companies engaged in online commerce, and new state tax regulations may subject us to additional state sales and income taxes, which could increase our expenses and decrease our profit margins.

     In 2003, the European Union implemented new rules regarding the collection and payment of value added tax, or VAT. These rules require VAT to be charged on products and services delivered over electronic networks, including software and computer services, as well as information and cultural, artistic, sporting, scientific, educational, entertainment and similar services. These services are now being taxed in the country where the purchaser resides rather than where the supplier is located. Historically, suppliers of digital products and services that existed outside the European Union were not required to collect or remit VAT on digital orders made to purchasers in the European Union. With the implementation of these rules, we are required to collect and remit VAT on digital orders received from purchasers in the European Union, effectively reducing our revenue by the VAT amount because we currently do not pass this cost on to our customers.

     We also do not currently collect sales, use or other similar taxes for sales of our subscription services. In the future, one or more local, state or foreign jurisdictions may seek to impose sales, use or other tax collection obligations on us. If these obligations are successfully imposed upon us by a state or other jurisdiction, we may suffer decreased sales into that state or jurisdiction as the effective cost of purchasing goods or services from us will increase for those residing in these states or jurisdictions.

In the event of an earthquake, other natural or man-made disaster, or power loss, our operations could be interrupted or adversely affected, resulting in lower revenue.

     Our executive offices and our data center are located in the San Francisco Bay area. Our business and operations could be disrupted in the event of electrical blackouts, fires, floods, earthquakes, power losses, telecommunications failures, acts of terrorism, break-ins or similar events. Because our California operations are located in an earthquake-sensitive area, we are particularly susceptible to the risk of damage to, or total destruction of, our systems and infrastructure. We are not insured against any losses or expenses that arise from a disruption to our business due to earthquakes. Further, the State of California has experienced deficiencies in its power supply over the last few years, resulting in occasional rolling blackouts. If rolling blackouts or other disruptions in power occur, our business and operations could be disrupted, and we will lose revenue.

In the event we are unable to satisfy regulatory requirements relating to internal control over financial reporting, or if these internal controls are not effective, our business and our stock price could suffer.

     Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 requires companies to do a comprehensive and costly evaluation of their internal controls. As a result, our management is required on an ongoing basis to perform an evaluation of our internal control over financial reporting. Our efforts to comply with Section 404 and related regulations regarding our management’s required assessment of internal control over financial reporting has required, and will continue to require, the commitment of significant financial and managerial resources. If we fail to timely complete these evaluations, we could be subject to regulatory scrutiny and a loss of public confidence in our internal controls, which could have an adverse effect on our business and our stock price.

Our stock price may be volatile and you may lose all or a part of your investment.

     Since our initial public offering in October 2004, our stock price has been and may continue to be subject to wide fluctuations. From October 14, 2004 through February 25, 2009, the closing sale prices of our common stock on the Nasdaq Stock Market ranged from $0.18 to $136.00 per share. Our stock price may fluctuate in response to a number of events and factors, such as quarterly variations in our operating results, changes in financial estimates and recommendations by securities analysts, the operating and stock price performance of other companies that investors or analysts deem comparable to us, the limited float due to the concentration of shares among our recent equity financing investors and sales of stock by our existing stockholders.

     In addition, the stock markets have experienced significant price and trading volume fluctuations, and the market prices of Internet-related and e-commerce companies in particular have been extremely volatile and have recently experienced sharp share price and trading volume changes. These broad market fluctuations may impact the trading price of our common stock. In the past, following periods of volatility in the market price of a public company’s securities, securities class action litigation has often been instituted against that company. This type of litigation could result in substantial costs to us and a likely diversion of our management’s attention.

The sales of common stock by our stockholders could depress the price of our shares.

     If our stockholders sell substantial amounts of our common stock in the public market, the market price of our shares could fall. These sales might also make it more difficult for us to sell equity or equity related securities at a time and price that we would deem appropriate. For example, pursuant to the terms of our July 2007 private placement, we filed a registration statement registering for resale all of the common stock we issued in the private placement. Sales by these stockholders could have an adverse impact on the trading price of our common stock.

Our Stockholder Rights Plan, along with provisions in our charter documents and under Delaware law, could discourage a takeover that stockholders may consider favorable.

     Our charter documents may discourage, delay or prevent a merger or acquisition that a stockholder may consider favorable because they:

•		authorize our board of directors, without stockholder approval, to issue up to 5,000,000 shares of undesignated preferred stock;
•		provide for a classified board of directors;
•		prohibit our stockholders from acting by written consent;
•		establish advance notice requirements for proposing matters to be approved by stockholders at stockholder meetings; and
•		prohibit stockholders from calling a special meeting of stockholders.

     As a Delaware corporation, we are also subject to Delaware law anti-takeover provisions. Under Delaware law, a corporation may not engage in a business combination with any holder of 15% or more of its capital stock unless the holder has held the stock for three years or, among other things, the board of directors has approved the transaction. Additionally, our Stockholder Rights Plan adopted in January 2007 will cause substantial dilution to a person or group that attempts to acquire us on terms not approved by our board of directors. Our board of directors could rely on Delaware law or the Stockholder Rights Plan to prevent or delay an acquisition of us. On January 8, 2009, the Stockholder Rights Plan was amended so that it did not apply to the proposed business combination with Here Networks LLC, Regent Entertainment Inc. and Here Media Inc.

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments

     None.

Item 2. Properties

     We are headquartered in San Francisco, California and currently lease approximately 56,000 square feet at our headquarters facility through 2012. We believe that our existing facilities are adequate to meet current requirements. We believe that suitable additional or substitute space will be available as needed to accommodate any further physical expansion of corporate operations and for any additional sales offices.

     For a discussion of the accounting treatment of our leased corporate headquarters, see “Note 7 — Commitments and Contingencies” of the notes to our Consolidated Financial Statements, which we incorporate by reference herein.

Item 3. Legal Proceedings

     We are involved from time to time in various legal proceedings, regulatory investigations and claims incident to the normal conduct of business, which may include proceedings that are specific to us and others generally applicable to business practices within the industries in which we operate. A substantial legal liability or a significant regulatory action against us could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and on the results of operations in a particular quarter or year.

Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

     No matters were submitted to a vote of security holders during the fourth quarter of 2008.

PART II

Item 5.		Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Market Information

     Our common stock is traded on The Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol “LGBT.” Public trading of our common stock commenced in October 2004 and there was no public market for our stock prior to that time. The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, the high and low bid prices per share of our common stock as reported on The Nasdaq Global Market:

						High				Low
2007
		First Quarter				$	51.90			$	33.00
		Second Quarter					35.20				8.60
		Third Quarter					23.30				11.80
		Fourth Quarter					13.24				5.41
2008
		First Quarter				$	6.28			$	2.56
		Second Quarter					3.50				1.65
		Third Quarter					2.80				1.86
		Fourth Quarter					2.75				0.25

On February 25, 2009, the closing sales price of our common stock was $0.21 per share.

     As of February 25, 2009, there were approximately 175 holders of record of our common stock. This figure does not include the number of stockholders whose shares are held of record by a broker or clearing agency, but does include each such brokerage house or clearing agency as a single holder of record.

     We have never paid cash dividends on our stock and currently anticipate that we will continue to retain any future earnings to finance the growth of our business.

     For information on securities authorized for issuance under our equity compensation plans, refer to Item 12, Part III.

Repurchases of Equity Securities

														(d) Maximum Number
										(c) Total Number				(or Approximate
		(a) Total								of				Dollar Value) of
		Number of				(b) Average				Shares Purchased				Shares that May
		Shares				Price Paid				as Part of Publicly				Yet Be Purchased
		Purchased				per				Announced				Under
Period		(1)				Share				Plans or Programs				the Plans or Programs
October 1, 2008 — October 31, 2008			—			$	—				—				—
November 1, 2008 — November 30, 2008			—				—				—				—
December 1, 2008 — December 31, 2008			—				—				—				—
Total			—			$	—				—				—

Item 6.		Selected Financial Data

     The selected financial data set forth below are derived from our financial statements. The statement of operations data for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2007 and 2008, and the balance sheet data as of December 31, 2007 and 2008 are derived from our audited financial statements included elsewhere in this Form 10-K. The statement of operations data for the years ended December 31, 2004 and 2005, and the balance sheet data as of December 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006 are derived from our audited financial statements not included in this Form 10-K. The historical results are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for any future period. The data presented below has been derived from financial statements that have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles

generally accepted in the United States of America and should be read with our financial statements, including the accompanying notes to the financial statements, and with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included elsewhere in this Form 10-K.

		Year Ended December 31,
		2004				2005				2006				2007				2008
		(In thousands, except per share amounts)
Revenue:
Advertising services		$	6,541			$	11,724			$	10,683			$	9,361			$	6,150
Subscription services			16,775				21,135				18,040				16,130				13,413
Transaction services			1,646				2,732				1,021				470				257
Total revenue			24,962				35,591				29,744				25,961				19,820
Operating costs and expenses: (*)
Cost of revenue			8,068				11,964				9,491				11,422				9,877
Sales and marketing			8,806				11,088				10,142				9,191				6,651
General and administrative			5,182				7,036				7,868				11,433				7,238
Restructuring			—				—				737				630				—
Depreciation and amortization			2,457				3,460				3,786				5,455				3,908
Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets			—				—				—				415				—
Total operating costs and expenses			24,513				33,548				32,024				38,546				27,674
Income (loss) from operations			449				2,043				(2,280	)			(12,585	)			(7,854	)
Interest expense			(1,077	)			(238	)			(481	)			(1,610	)			(131	)
Other income, net			116				1,142				568				513				178
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes			(512	)			2,947				(2,193	)			(13,682	)			(7,807	)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes			25				207				45				(6	)			—
Income (loss) from continuing operations			(537	)			2,740				(2,238	)			(13,676	)			(7,807	)
Accretion on redeemable convertible preferred stock			(1,402	)			—				—				—				—
Loss from discontinued operations, net of taxes			—				—				(1,472	)			(37,494	)			(9,880	)
Net earnings (loss) attributable to common stockholders		$	(1,939	)		$	2,740			$	(3,710	)		$	(51,170	)		$	(17,687	)
Net earnings (loss) per share:
Basic		$	(4.01	)		$	1.60			$	(2.14	)		$	(17.79	)		$	(4.36	)
Diluted		$	(4.01	)		$	1.51			$	(2.14	)		$	(17.79	)		$	(4.36	)
Weighted-average shares used to compute net earnings:
Basic			484				1,712				1,733				2,876				4,054
Diluted			484				1,819				1,733				2,876				4,054
(*) Stock-based compensation is allocated as follows (see Note 9):
Cost of revenue		$	565			$	177			$	61			$	186			$	121
Sales and marketing			556				254				37				33				6
General and administrative			1,013				568				173				478				345
Total stock-based compensation		$	2,134			$	999			$	271			$	697			$	472

		As of December 31,
		2004				2005				2006				2007				2008
		(In thousands)
Consolidated balance sheet data:
Cash and cash equivalents		$	43,128			$	18,461			$	9,674			$	8,534			$	4,943
Working capital			39,209				14,761				7,144				8,298				683
Total assets			59,208				77,338				93,589				41,352				16,878
Long-term liabilities			2,241				10,636				12,647				4,076				1,366
Stockholders’ equity		$	48,764			$	53,052			$	51,145			$	24,909			$	7,977

Item 7.		Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

      The following Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations summarizes the significant factors affecting our consolidated operating results, financial condition and liquidity for the three-year period ended December 31, 2008, should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere in this Form 10-K , and contains forward-looking statements regarding future events and our future results that are subject to the safe harbors created under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”). These statements are based on current expectations, estimates, forecasts, and projections about the industries in which we operate and the beliefs and assumptions of our management. Words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “goal,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “seek,” “should,” “target,” “will,” “would,” variations of such words, and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. In addition, any statements that refer to projections of our future financial performance, our anticipated growth and trends in our businesses, and other characterizations of future events or circumstances are forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned that these forward-looking statements are only predictions and are subject to risks, uncertainties, and assumptions that are difficult to predict, including those identified below and under “Risk Factors,” and elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K . Therefore, actual results may differ materially and adversely from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements for any reason.

Overview

     We are a leading online media company exclusively serving the worldwide lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, or LGBT, community. We serve this audience through our websites Gay.com and PlanetOut.com.

     As a result of the divestitures of RSVP, DSW, LPI and SpecPub and our decision to exit the Travel and Events and Publishing businesses in December 2007 and August 2008, respectively, we have one segment remaining as of December 31, 2008: Online. In accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 144, “ Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets ,” we have reported the results of operations and financial position of RSVP, DSW, LPI and SpecPub in discontinued operations within the consolidated financial statements.

     On January 8, 2009, we signed a definitive agreement to combine with Here Networks LLC and Regent Entertainment Media Inc. Under the proposed business combination, the combined entity will be called Here Media Inc. (“Here Media”) and will be effected through a contribution by the owners of Here Networks and Regent Entertainment Media of those businesses and an estimate of $4.7 million of cash into Here Media, a newly formed holding company. PlanetOut will concurrently be merged with a wholly owned subsidiary of Here Media. Following the contribution and the merger, all three companies will be subsidiaries of Here Media.

      Executive Operating and Financial Summary

     Our total revenue was $19.8 million in fiscal 2008, decreasing 24% from our prior year’s revenue of $26.0 million, due primarily to decreases in our advertising and subscription services revenue. Total operating costs and expenses were $27.7 million in fiscal 2008, decreasing 28% from the prior year total of $38.6 million. These decreases were primarily due to reductions in headcount, legal expenses and marketing expenditures. Loss from operations was $7.9 million in fiscal 2008, compared to a loss from operations of $12.6 million in fiscal 2007. This decrease in loss from operations was primarily the result of the reductions in operating costs in order to manage expenses against decreases in our revenues noted above.

     We expect that revenue will decrease slightly in fiscal 2009 in comparison to fiscal 2008, primarily as a result of overall economic conditions. We expect our operating loss will decrease in fiscal 2009 in comparison to fiscal 2008, due to further reductions in our operating expenses including the restructuring noted in Note 14 “Subsequent Events” in our consolidated financial statements.

Results of Operations

     Operating performance is measured based on contribution margin (loss), which consists of total revenues from external customers less direct operating expenses. Direct operating expenses include cost of revenue and sales and marketing expenses. Other operating costs and expenses such as general and administrative costs (consisting of costs such as corporate management, human resources, finance and legal), restructuring, and depreciation and amortization do not vary proportionately with total revenues, and as such, are not evaluated in the measurement of operating performance.

     We derive online advertising revenue from advertising contracts in which we typically undertake to deliver a minimum number of impressions to users over a specified time period for a fixed fee. We derive online subscription services revenue from paid membership subscriptions to our online media properties. Transaction services revenue includes revenue generated from co-marketing agreements with affiliates.

     Cost of revenue primarily consists of payroll and related benefits associated with supporting our subscription-based services, the development and expansion of site operations and support infrastructure, and producing and maintaining content for our various websites. Other expenses directly related to generating revenue included in cost of revenue include transaction processing fees, computer equipment maintenance, occupancy costs, co-location and Internet connectivity fees, and purchased content. Sales and marketing expense primarily consists of payroll and related benefits for employees involved in sales, advertising client service, customer service, marketing and other support functions; marketing and promotion expenditures; and occupancy costs.

     Comparison of the year ended December 31, 2007 to the year ended December 31, 2008 (in thousands, except percentages):

		Year Ended December 31,								Increase (decrease)
		2007				2008				$				%
Online revenue:
Advertising services		$	9,361			$	6,150			$	(3,211	)			(34	%)
Subscription services			16,130				13,413				(2,717	)			(17	%)
Transaction services			470				257				(213	)			(45	%)
Total online revenue			25,961				19,820				(6,141	)			(24	%)
Online direct operating costs and expenses:
Cost of revenue			11,422				9,877				(1,545	)			(14	%)
Sales and marketing			9,191				6,651				(2,540	)			(28	%)
Total online direct operating costs and expenses			20,613				16,528				(4,085	)			(20	%)
Online contribution margin		$	5,348			$	3,292			$	(2,056	)			(38	%)

     Online revenues decreased as a result of a decrease in our advertising revenues due to turnover in our sales staff and overall economic conditions and the discontinuance of our Local Scene advertising services revenue of $0.8 million in 2007, partially offset by $1.7 million of advertising revenue in fiscal 2008 related to the marketing and advertising services provided to Regent as part of the Marketing Agreement with Regent and a decrease in subscription revenues due to a reduction in the number of online subscribers to our Gay.com website. Online cost of revenue decreased primarily as a result of decreased headcount expenses of $0.6 million, a reduction in writedowns of capitalized labor of $0.5 million in 2007 related to development plan changes to our website, a reduction in expenses due to the closing of our international offices in conjunction with our July 2007 reorganization plan of $0.2 million and decreases in credit card fees of $0.2 million. Online sales and marketing expenses decreased primaritly as a result of decreased headcount expenses of $0.9 million and decreased spending on advertising and marketing of $0.8 million during fiscal 2008.

     For fiscal 2009, we expect that online revenue will decrease from fiscal 2008 as a result of anticipated additional reductions in the number of online subscribers and reductions in advertising revenues as a result of overall economic conditions and the completion of advertising services to Regent under the Marketing Agreement in March 2009. We expect that online cost of revenue will decrease as a result of further reductions in headcount. For fiscal 2009, we expect that sales and marketing expenses will decrease as a result of further reductions to marketing expenditures to manage costs.

     Comparison of the year ended December 31, 2006 to the year ended December 31, 2007 (in thousands, except percentages):

		Year Ended December 31,								Increase (decrease)
		2006				2007				$				%
Online revenue:
Advertising services		$	10,683			$	9,361			$	(1,322	)			(12	%)
Subscription services			18,040				16,130				(1,910	)			(11	%)
Transaction services			1,021				470				(551	)			(54	%)
Total online revenue			29,744				25,961				(3,783	)			(13	%)
Online direct operating costs and expenses:
Cost of revenue			9,491				11,422				1,931				20	%
Sales and marketing			10,142				9,191				(951	)			(9	%)
Total online direct operating costs and expenses			19,633				20,613				980				5	%
Online contribution margin		$	10,111			$	5,348			$	(4,763	)			(47	%)

     Online revenues decreased as a result of decreases in subscription revenue due to a reduction in the number of online subscribers to our Gay.com website, decreases in transaction revenue due to a decrease in sales of products on our former transaction-based website properties of $0.7 million in 2007 and a decrease in advertising revenue due to a reduction in national and local advertising sales due in part to turnover in our sales staff. Online cost of revenue increased primarily as a result of increased costs to integrate and re-architect the core technology platform of our websites, and, to a lesser extent, increased severance and other costs related to the departure of our former Chief Technology Officer of $0.2 million. Online sales and marketing expenses decreased as a result of decreased spending on advertising during fiscal 2007.

      O ther Operating Costs and Expenses

     Other operating costs and expenses include general and administrative costs (such as corporate management, human resources, finance and legal), restructuring, depreciation and amortization and impairment of goodwill and intangible assets. These other operating costs and expenses do not vary proportionately with total revenues, and as such, are not evaluated in the measurement of operating performance.

      General and Administrative. General and administrative expense consists primarily of payroll and related benefits for executive, finance, administrative and other corporate personnel, occupancy costs, professional fees, insurance and other general corporate expenses. Our general and administrative expenses were $7.2 million for 2008, down 37% from the prior year. General and administrative expenses as a percentage of revenue were 37% for 2008, down from 44% in the prior year. The decrease in general and administrative expenses in both absolute dollars and as a percentage of revenue were due to decreased compensation and employee related costs of $1.1 million as a result of reductions in headcount, including severance and other costs related to the departure of our President and Chief Operating Officer in March 2007of $0.3 million decreases in legal expenses of $1.5 million, and a reduction in expenses due to the closing of our international offices in conjunction with our July 2007 reorganization plan of $0.7 million.

     Our general and administrative expenses were $11.4 million for 2007, up 45% from the prior year. General and administrative expenses as a percentage of revenue were 44% for 2007, up from 26% in the prior year. The increase in general and administrative expenses in both absolute dollars and as a percentage of revenue were due to increased compensation and employee related costs as a result of increases in headcount expense of $1.1 million and increased legal and insurance expenses of $1.4 million and $0.2 million, respectively.

     For fiscal 2009, we expect general and administrative expenses to decrease from fiscal 2008 primarily due to decreased compensation and employee related costs as a result of decreases in headcount.

      Restructuring. In June 2006, our board of directors adopted and approved a reorganization plan to align our resources with our strategic business objectives. As part of the plan, we consolidated our media and advertising services, e-commerce services and back-office operations on a global basis to streamline our operations as part of continued integration of our acquired businesses. The reorganization, along with other organizational changes, reduced our total workforce by approximately 5%. Restructuring costs of approximately $0.8 million, primarily related to employee severance benefits of approximately $0.6 million and facilities consolidation expenses of approximately $0.2 million, were recorded during 2006. We completed this restructuring in the fourth quarter of 2006, with certain payments continuing beyond 2006 in accordance with the terms of existing severance and other agreements.

     In July 2007, our board of directors adopted and approved a reorganization plan to further align our resources with our strategic business objectives. As part of the plan, we closed our international offices located in Buenos Aires and London in order to streamline our business operations and reduce expenses. The reorganization, along with other organizational changes, reduced our total workforce by approximately 15%. Restructuring costs of approximately $0.6 million, primarily related to employee severance benefits of approximately $0.5 million and facilities consolidation expenses of approximately $0.1 million, were recorded during 2007. We completed this restructuring in the fourth quarter of 2007.

     For fiscal 2009, we expect additional restructuring charges of $0.5 million as a result of our January 2009 restructuring.

      Depreciation and Amortization. Depreciation and amortization expense was $3.9 million for fiscal 2008, down 28% from the prior year, due primarily to a decrease in depreciable assets in service and due a decrease in amortization of loan origination costs with the repayment of our note to Orix in 2007. Depreciation and amortization as a percentage of revenue was 20% for 2008, down from 21% in the prior year. Depreciation and amortization expense was $5.5 million for fiscal 2007, up 44% from the prior year, due primarily to increased capital expenditures to support our on-going online product development and compliance efforts and amortization of loan origination costs of our note to Orix of $0.3 million. Depreciation and amortization as a percentage of revenue was 44% for 2007, up from 13% in the prior year as a result of the increased expenditures for online product development and decreased revenues from the prior year.

     For fiscal 2009, we expect depreciation and amortization expense will decrease from fiscal 2008 as a result of a decrease in depreciable assets in service.

      Impairment of Goodwill and Intangible Assets. During the fourth quarter of 2007, we recorded an impairment charge to goodwill of $0.4 million related to the winding down of our international marketing efforts and the closure of our international offices in conjunction with our July 2007 restructuring plan.

      Other Income and Expenses

      Interest Expense. Interest expense was $0.1 million for fiscal 2008, a decrease of 92% from the prior year, due primarily to repayment in July 2007 of our Orix term and revolving loans entered into in September 2006. Interest expense was $1.6 million for fiscal 2007, an increase of 235% from the prior year, due primarily to the issuance of the Orix term and revolving loans. Interest expense for the year ended December 31, 2007 includes prepayment fees of $0.3 million, loan deferral fees of $0.2 million and $0.2 million for acceleration of the loan discount on the Orix loans.

      Other Income, Net. Other income, net consists of interest earned on cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash as well as other miscellaneous non-operating transactions. Other income, net was $0.2 million for fiscal 2008, a decrease of 65% from the prior year, primarily due to decreased interest income during fiscal 2008 on our lower cash balance as a result of loss from continuing and discontinued operations. Other income, net was $0.5 million for fiscal 2007, a decrease of 10% from the prior year, primarily due to decreased interest income during fiscal 2007 on our lower cash balance as a result of the acquisitions of LPI in November 2005 and RSVP in March 2006.

      Discontinued Operations

     In an effort to simplify our business model, we discontinued our Travel and Events businesses during 2007. In March 2007, we sold our membership interest in DSW, a joint venture, to the minority interest partner. In December 2007, we sold substantially all of the assets of RSVP. In August 2008, we sold our Publishing business to Regent, which included the operations of LPI and SpecPub.

     As a result of the sale of our interest in DSW, the sale of substantially all the assets of RSVP, the sale of substantially all of the assets of LPI and SpecPub and our decision to exit our Publishing and Travel and Events businesses, we have reported the results of operations and financial position of RSVP, DSW, LPI and SpecPub as discontinued operations within the condensed consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2006 in accordance with FAS 144. We have reported the financial position of LPI and SpecPub as assets and liabilities of discontinued operations on the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2007. In addition, we have segregated the cash flow activity of RSVP, DSW, LPI and SpecPub from the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2007. The results of operations of RSVP and DSW were previously reported and included in the results of operations and financial position of our Travel and Events segment. The results of operations of LPI and SpecPub were previously reported and included in the results of operations and financial position of our Publishing segment.

     During the three months ended June 30, 2007, we determined that a triggering event had occurred in May 2007, primarily due to lower advertising revenue than expected related to our publishing segment and lower than expected revenue related to our Travel and Events business which we believe resulted in a significant decrease in the trading price of the our common stock and a corresponding reduction in its market capitalization. As a result of this triggering event, we conducted the first step of its goodwill impairment test and determined that goodwill had been impaired. Accordingly, we conducted the second step of our impairment test to measure the impairment and recorded an estimated impairment charge to goodwill in the amount of $21.1 million in operating expenses of discontinued operations during the three months ended June 30, 2007.

     During the three months ended December 31, 2007, in conjunction with our estimate to measure goodwill impairment in the three months ended June 30, 2007, we recorded an impairment charge to our customer lists and user bases and tradenames of $1.9 million and $2.5 million, respectively, as a result of the completion of an independent business valuation of the intangible assets of our LPI reporting unit.

     Restructuring costs of approximately $19,000, consisting of termination benefits related to our Travel and Events business, were recorded in discontinued operations during 2007. Restructuring costs of approximately $54,000, consisting of termination benefits related to our Publishing business, were recorded in discontinued operations during 2006.

     The results of discontinued operations for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2007 and 2008 were as follows (in thousands):

		Year ended December 31, 2006
		LPI				SpecPub				RSVP				DSW				Total
Total revenue		$	22,108			$	6,904			$	9,158			$	730			$	38,900
Operating costs and expenses:
Cost of revenue			13,071				4,182				8,369				92				25,714
Sales and marketing			4,680				770				1,317				435				7,202
General and administrative			3,192				630				890				131				4,843
Restructuring			54				—				—				—				54
Depreciation and amortization			895				506				419				—				1,820
Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets			—				—				—				—				—
Total operating costs and expenses			21,892				6,088				10,995				658				39,633
Income (loss) from operations			216				816				(1,837	)			72				(733	)
Other income (expense), net			(482	)			(221	)			8				(44	)			(739	)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations		$	(266	)		$	595			$	(1,829	)		$	28			$	(1,472	)

		Year ended December 31, 2007
		LPI				SpecPub				RSVP				DSW				Total
Total revenue		$	20,249			$	6,803			$	17,033			$	2			$	44,087
Operating costs and expenses:
Cost of revenue			13,835				4,629				18,737				—				37,201
Sales and marketing			5,514				1,561				1,525				37				8,637
General and administrative			3,118				571				262				1				3,952
Restructuring			—				—				19				—				19
Depreciation and amortization			1,015				253				286				—				1,554
Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets			20,099				5,400				4,400				—				29,899
Total operating costs and expenses			43,581				12,414				25,229				38				81,262
Loss from operations			(23,332	)			(5,611	)			(8,196	)			(36	)			(37,175	)
Other income (expense), net			(241	)			(103	)			25				—				(319	)
Loss from discontinued operations		$	(23,573	)		$	(5,714	)		$	(8,171	)		$	(36	)		$	(37,494	)

		Year ended December 31, 2008
		LPI				SpecPub				RSVP				Total
Total revenue		$	12,569			$	2,885			$	—			$	15,454
Operating costs and expenses:
Cost of revenue			9,213				2,282				(23	)			11,472
Sales and marketing			3,346				686				(21	)			4,011
General and administrative			1,621				211				10				1,842
Restructuring			1,132				97				—				1,229
Depreciation and amortization			327				31				—				358
Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets			1,978				4,294				—				6,272
Total operating costs and expenses			17,617				7,601				(34	)			25,184
Income (loss) from operations			(5,048	)			(4,716	)			34				(9,730	)
Other income (expense), net			(15	)			1				—				(14	)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations			(5,063	)			(4,715	)			34				(9,744	)
Gain (loss) on sale of discontinued operations			(787	)			651				—				(136	)
Income (loss) from and gain (loss) on sale of discontinued operations		$	(5,850	)		$	(4,064	)		$	34			$	(9,880	)

The current and non-current assets and liabilities of discontinued operations were as follows (in thousands):

		December 31, 2007
		LPI				SpecPub				Total
Current assets of discontinued operations:
Accounts receivable		$	3,189			$	977			$	4,166
Inventory			1,113				314				1,427
Prepaid expenses and other current assets			1,251				504				1,755
		$	5,553			$	1,795			$	7,348
Long-term assets of discontinued operations:
Property and equipment, net		$	620			$	54			$	674
Goodwill			1,427				2,708				4,135
Intangible assets, net			1,870				2,567				4,437
Other assets			58				51				109
		$	3,975			$	5,380			$	9,355
Current liabilities of discontinued operations:
Accounts payable		$	495			$	73			$	568
Accrued expenses and other liabilities			603				161				764
Deferred revenue, current portion			1,717				1,434				3,151
Capital lease obligations, current portion			23				7				30
		$	2,838			$	1,675			$	4,513
Long-term liabilities of discontinued operations:
Deferred revenue, less current portion		$	1,089			$	578			$	1,667
Capital lease obligations, less current portion			104				24				128
Deferred rent, less current portion			157				178				335
		$	1,350			$	780			$	2,130

      Critical Accounting Policies

     Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amount of assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities.

     We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis on which we make judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Because this can vary in each situation, actual results may differ from the estimates under different assumptions and conditions.

     We believe the following critical accounting policies require more significant judgments and estimates in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements:

      Revenue recognition. We derive our revenue principally from the sale of premium subscription services, banner and sponsorship advertisements and transactions services. Premium subscription services are generally for a period of one month to twelve months. Premium subscription services are generally paid for upfront by credit card, subject to cancellations by subscribers or charge backs from transaction processors. Revenue, net of estimated cancellations and charge backs, is recognized ratably over the service term. To date, cancellations and charge backs have not been significant and have been within management’s expectations. In January 2006, we began offering our customers premium online subscription services bundled with magazine subscriptions. In accordance with EITF Issue No. 00-21, “ Revenue Arrangements with Multiple Deliverables ” (“EITF 00-21”), we defer subscription revenue on bundled subscription service offerings based on the pro-rata fair value of the individual premium subscription services and magazine subscriptions.

     To date, the duration of our banner advertising commitments has ranged from one week to one year. Sponsorship advertising contracts generally have terms ranging from three months to two years and also involve more integration with our services, such as the placement of buttons that provide users with direct links to the advertiser’s website. Advertising revenue on both banner and sponsorship contracts is recognized ratably over the term of the contract, provided that we have no significant obligations remaining at the end of a period and collection of the resulting receivables is reasonably assured, at the lesser of the ratio of impressions delivered over the total number of undertaken impressions or the straight line basis. Our obligations typically include undertakings to deliver a minimum number of “impressions,” or times that an advertisement appears in pages viewed by users of our online properties. To the extent that these minimums are not met, we defer recognition of the corresponding revenue until the minimums are achieved.

      Advertising Costs. Costs related to advertising and promotion are charged to sales and marketing expense as incurred.

      Valuation Allowances. We maintain allowances for doubtful accounts for estimated losses resulting from the inability of our customers to make required payments. If the financial condition of our customers were to deteriorate, resulting in an impairment of their ability to make payments, additional allowances might be required.

     We record a full valuation allowance against our deferred tax assets due to uncertainties related to our ability to realize the benefit of our deferred tax assets primarily from our net operating losses. In the future, if we generate sufficient taxable income and we determine that we would be able to realize our deferred tax assets, an adjustment to the valuation allowance would impact the results of operations in that period.

      Goodwill and Other Long-lived Assets. Our long-lived assets include goodwill, property and equipment and other assets. We test goodwill for impairment on an annual basis and between annual tests in certain circumstances. Application of the goodwill impairment test requires judgment in determining the fair value of our reporting units and our enterprise as a whole. We conduct our annual test as of December 1 ^st each year. Future impairment losses may have a material adverse impact on our financial condition and results of operations.

     We record an impairment charge on intangibles or long-lived assets to be held and used when we determine that the carrying value of these assets may not be recoverable and/or exceed their carrying value. Based on the existence of one or more indicators of impairment, we measure any impairment based on a projected discounted cash flow method using a discount rate that we determine to be commensurate with the risk inherent in our business model. Our estimates of cash flow require significant judgment based on our historical results and anticipated results and are subject to many factors.

      Capitalized Website Development Costs. We capitalize the costs of enhancing and developing features for our websites when we believe that the capitalization criteria for these activities have been met and amortize these costs on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life, generally three years. We expense the cost of enhancing and developing features for our websites in cost of revenue only when we believe that capitalization criteria have not been met. We exercise judgment in determining when to begin capitalizing costs and the period over which we amortize the capitalized costs. If different judgments were made, it would have an impact on our results of operations.

      Stock-based compensation. We have granted stock options to employees and non-employee directors. We recognize compensation expense for all stock-based payments in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 123 (revised 2004), “Share-Based Payment” (“FAS 123R”). Under the fair value recognition provisions of FAS 123R, we recognize stock-based compensation net of an estimated forfeiture rate and only recognize compensation cost for those shares expected to vest on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period of the award (normally the vesting period).

     Determining the appropriate fair value model and calculating the fair value of stock-based payment awards require the input of highly subjective assumptions, including the expected life of the stock-based payment awards and stock price volatility. We use the Black-Scholes model to value our stock option awards. Management uses an estimate of future volatility for our stock based on our historical volatility and the volatilities of comparable companies. The assumptions used in calculating the fair value of stock-based payment awards represent management’s best estimates, but these estimates involve inherent uncertainties and the application of management judgment. As a result, if factors change and management uses different assumptions, stock-based compensation expense could be materially different in the future. In addition, we are required to estimate the expected forfeiture rate and only recognize expense for those shares expected to vest. If the actual forfeiture rate is materially different from the estimate, stock-based compensation expense could be significantly different from what has been recorded in the current period. See Notes 1 and 9 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for a further discussion on stock-based compensation.

      Income Taxes We adopted the provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Interpretation No. 48, “ Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes — an Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109” (“FIN 48”) on January 1, 2007. We did not have any unrecognized tax benefits and there was no effect on our financial condition or results of operations as a result of implementing FIN 48.

     We file income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and various state and foreign jurisdictions. We are no longer subject to U.S. federal tax assessment for years before 2005. State jurisdictions that remain subject to assessment range from 2004 to 2008. We do not believe there will be any material changes in our unrecognized tax positions over the next 12 months. We believe that our income tax filing positions and deductions will be sustained on audit and do not anticipate any adjustments that will result in a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations, or cash flow. Therefore, no reserves for uncertain income tax positions have been recorded pursuant to FIN 48. In addition, we did not record a cumulative effect adjustment related to the adoption of FIN 48.

     Our policy is that we recognize interest and penalties accrued on any unrecognized tax benefits as a component of income tax expense. As of the date of adoption of FIN 48, we did not have any accrued interest or penalties associated with any unrecognized tax benefits, nor was any interest expense recognized during the year. Our effective tax rate differs from the federal statutory rate primarily due to increases in our deferred income tax valuation allowance.

      Liquidity and Capital Resources

     The following sections discuss the effects of changes in our balance sheet and cash flows, contractual obligations, certain commitments and acquisitions on our liquidity and capital resources.

     Cash flow from operating, investing and financing activities, as reflected in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments, as reflected in the Consolidated Balance Sheets, are summarized in the table below:

		Year Ended December 31,
		2006				2007				2008
		(In thousands, except percentage of total assets)
Net cash provided by (used in):
Operating activities		$	(4,621	)		$	(14,917	)		$	458
Investing activities			(14,867	)			796				(3,183	)
Financing activities			10,700				12,952				(857	)
Effect of exchange rate on cash and cash equivalents			1				29				(9	)
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents		$	(8,787	)		$	(1,140	)		$	(3,591	)
Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments
Cash and cash equivalents		$	9,674			$	8,534			$	4,943
Short-term investments			2,050				—				—
Total cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments		$	11,724			$	8,534			$	4,943
Percentage of total assets			12.5	%			20.6	%			29.3	%

     Cash provided by operating activities for 2008 was $0.4 million, due primarily to cash provided by operating activities of discontinued operations of $0.6 million and our loss from continuing operations of $7.8 million partially offset by depreciation and amortization of $3.9 million, stock-based compensation expense of $0.5 million and a net decrease in operating assets and liabilities of $3.1 million. Cash used in operating activities for 2007 was $14.9 million, due primarily to our loss from continuing operations of $13.7 million and cash used in operating activities of discontinued operations of $9.5 million, partially offset by impairment of goodwill and intangible assets of $0.4 million, depreciation and amortization expense of $5.5 million, stock-based compensation expense of $0.7 million and a net decrease in operating assets and liabilities of $0.3 million. Cash used in operating activities for 2006 was $4.6 million, due primarily to our loss from continuing operations of $1.9 million, cash used in operating activities of discontinued operations of $2.2 million and an increase in accounts receivable of $1.1 million partially offset by depreciation and amortization of $3.8 million and stock-based compensation expense of $0.3 million.

     Cash used in investing activities for 2008 was $3.2 million, due primarily to purchases of property and equipment of $1.9 million and an increase in restricted cash of $1.3 million. Cash provided by investing activities for 2007 was $0.8 million, due primarily to sales of short-term investments of $2.1 million and a decrease in restricted cash of $2.7 million, offset partially by purchases of property and equipment of $3.7 million. Cash used in investing activities for 2006 was $14.9 million, due primarily to acquisitions of discontinued operations of $5.4 million, purchases of property and equipment of $4.1 million, purchases of short-term investments of $2.1 million and an increase in restricted cash of $2.9 million.

     Net cash used in financing activities for 2008 was $0.9 million, due primarily to principal payments under capital lease obligations. Net cash provided by financing activities for 2007 was $13.0 million, due primarily to the net proceeds from its equity financing of $24.0 million, partially offset by payment of note obligations of $10.2 million to Orix and $0.8 million for principal payments under capital lease obligations. Net cash provided by financing activities for 2006 was $10.7 million, due primarily to proceeds from issuance of notes payable of $10.5 million and proceeds from the repayment of a stockholder note receivable of $0.8 million, partially offset by $1.1 million for principal payments under capital lease obligations and notes payable.

     We expect that net cash provided by operating activities will be negative during 2009 and may fluctuate in future periods as a result of a number of factors, including fluctuations in our operating results, advertising sales, subscription trends, accounts receivable collections and other general corporate activities.

     In November 2005, we acquired substantially all of the assets of LPI for a purchase price of approximately $32.6 million which consisted of $24.9 million paid in cash and approximately $7.1 million in the form of a note to the sellers secured by the assets of SpecPub, Inc. and payable in three equal installments in May, August and November 2007, and the reimbursement of certain prepaid and other expenses of approximately $0.6 million. The LPI note was repaid in connection with the private placement financing in July 2007.

     In September 2006, we entered into our Loan Agreement with Orix, which was amended in February 2007, May 2007 and June 2007. Pursuant to the Loan Agreement, we borrowed $7.5 million as a term loan and $3.0 million as a 24-month revolving loan in September 2006. The borrowings under the line of credit were limited to lesser of $3.0 million, which we had already drawn down, or 85% of qualifying accounts receivable. The term loan was payable in 48 consecutive monthly installments of principal beginning on November 1, 2006 together with interest at an initial rate of prime plus 3%. The term loan provided for a prepayment fee equal to 5% of the amount prepaid in connection with any prepayment made prior to September 27, 2007. The revolving loan bore interest at a rate of prime plus 1%. The Loan Agreement contained certain financial ratios, financial tests and liquidity covenants. The loans were secured by substantially all of our assets and all of the outstanding capital stock of all of our subsidiaries, except for the assets and capital stock of SpecPub, Inc., which were pledged as security for the LPI note.

     We entered into a waiver and amendment to the Loan Agreement in May 2007 (the “May Waiver”), pursuant to which Orix waived defaults associated with our failure to meet certain financial tests and liquidity covenants. In consideration of the May Waiver, we, in addition to other commitments, agreed to maintain certain minimum cash balances, increase the interest rate on the term loan to prime plus 5% and committed to raise at least $15.0 million in new equity or subordinated debt. At that time, we also agreed to apply at least $3.0 million of the proceeds from that transaction to pay down the term loan. As part of the amendment in June 2007, the parties agreed to modify the requirement in the May Waiver for the commitment to raise new equity or subordinated debt to be for gross proceeds of at least $25.0 million, which could be completed in one or more closings, with the first closing for not less than $4.2 million in proceeds, if applicable, occurring no later than July 10, 2007, and the entire financing being completed no later than September 30, 2007. In addition, Orix consented to, among other things, certain limited prepayments with respect to our other indebtedness in the event of the first closing and prior to the completion of the entire financing. Orix also agreed to defer the payment of principal installments due on July 1, August 1 and September 1 with respect to its term loan for a deferral fee of $0.2 million. In July 2007, we completed a private placement financing with a group of investors for approximately $26.2 million in gross proceeds from the sale of approximately 2.3 million shares of our common stock and used a portion of the proceeds to repay, in full, the LPI note, the Orix term loan, the Orix revolving loan, the deferral fee and $0.3 million in prepayment fees.

     During 2007, we invested $4.1 million in property and equipment of which $0.4 million was financed through capital leases. During 2008, we invested $2.0 million in property and equipment of which $0.1 million was financed through capital leases. Greater than 97% of our investments in 2007 and 2008 related to capitalized labor, hardware and software related to enhancements to our website infrastructure and features. For fiscal 2009, we expect to continue investing in our technology development as we improve our online technology platform and enhance our features and functionality across our network of websites.

     Our capital requirements depend on many factors, including the level of our revenues, the resources we devote to developing, marketing and selling our products and services, the timing and extent of our introduction of new features and services, the extent and timing of potential investments and other factors. In particular, our subscription services consist of prepaid subscriptions that provide cash flows in advance of the actual provision of services. We expect to invest capital resources to continue our product development and marketing efforts and for other general corporate activities.

     Based on our current operations, we expect that our available funds and anticipated cash flows from operations will be sufficient to meet our expected needs for working capital and capital expenditures for the next twelve months, although we can provide no assurances in that regard. If we do not have sufficient cash available to finance our operations, we may be required to obtain additional public or private debt or equity financing. We cannot be certain that additional financing will be available to us on favorable terms when required or at all. If we are unable to raise sufficient funds, we may need to reduce our planned operations.

     On January 8, 2009 we signed a definitive agreement to combine with Here Networks LLC and Regent Entertainment Media Inc. Under the proposed business combination, the combined entity will be called Here Media Inc. (“Here Media”) and will be effected through a contribution by the owners of Here Networks and Regent Entertainment Media of those businesses and an estimate of $4.7 million of cash into Here Media, a newly formed holding company. We incurred a significant net loss in 2007 and 2008 and expect to incur additional losses during 2009. We expect that raising additional financing will be very difficult, if it could be obtained at all. Accordingly, if we are unsuccessful in completing the proposed business combination, we could be forced to engage in dispositions of our remaining assets or businesses on unfavorable terms, or consider curtailing or ceasing operations. In that event, we cannot provide any assurance that our assets will be sufficient to meet our liabilities.

      Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities

     We did not have any off-balance sheet liabilities or transactions as of December 31, 2008.

      Other Contractual Commitments

     The following table summarizes our contractual obligations as of December 31, 2008, and the effect that these obligations are expected to have on our liquidity and cash flows in future periods:

		Payments Due by Period
		Total				2009				2010				2011				2012-2013
		(In thousands)
Contractual obligations:
Capital lease obligations		$	1,063			$	733			$	272			$	58			$	—
Operating leases			7,813				2,463				2,386				2,392				572
Total contractual obligations		$	8,876			$	3,196			$	2,658			$	2,450			$	572

      Capital Lease Obligations. We hold property and equipment under noncancelable capital leases with varying maturities.

      Operating Leases. We lease or sublease office space and equipment under cancelable and noncancelable operating leases with various expiration dates through December 31, 2012. Operating lease amounts include minimum rental payments under our non-cancelable operating leases for office facilities, as well as limited computer and office equipment that we utilize under operating lease arrangements. The amounts presented are consistent with the contractual terms and are not expected to differ significantly, unless a substantial change in our headcount needs requires us to exit an office facility early or expand our occupied space.

      Seasonality and Inflation

     We anticipate that our business may be affected by the seasonality of certain revenue lines. For example, advertising buys are usually higher approaching year-end and lower at the beginning of a new year than at other points during the year.

     Inflation has not had a significant effect on our revenue or expenses historically and we do not expect it to be a significant factor in the short-term. However, inflation may affect our business in the medium-term to long-term.

      Recent Accounting Pronouncements

     In May 2008, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 162 (“FAS 162”), The Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ” which identifies the sources of accounting principles and the framework for selecting the principles to be used in the preparation of financial statements that are presented in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the U.S. We are currently evaluating the impact FAS 162 may have on our financial statements.

     In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141(R), Business Combinations (“FAS 141R”). FAS 141R requires an acquirer to measure the identifiable assets acquired, the liabilities assumed and any noncontrolling interest in the acquiree at their fair values on the acquisition date, with goodwill being the excess value over the net identifiable assets acquired. FAS 141R is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008. Early adoption is prohibited. We have determined that the adoption of FAS 141R may have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements.

     In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 160, Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements, an amendment of ARB No. 51 (“FAS 160”) . FAS 160 clarifies that a noncontrolling interest in a subsidiary should be reported as equity in the consolidated financial statements. The calculation of earnings per share will continue to be based on income amounts attributable to the parent. FAS 160 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008. Early adoption is prohibited. We have determined the adoption of FAS 160 will not have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements.

     In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157 (“FAS 157”), “ Fair Value Measurements ,” which defines fair value, establishes guidelines for measuring fair value and expands disclosures regarding fair value measurements. FAS 157 does not require any new fair value measurements but rather eliminates inconsistencies in guidance found in various prior accounting pronouncements. FAS 157 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. Earlier adoption is permitted, provided the company has not yet issued financial statements, including for interim periods, for that fiscal year. We have determined that the adoption of FAS 157 will not have a material impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

PlanetOut Inc.
INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

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Consolidated Financial Statements:
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm			28
Consolidated Balance Sheets			29
Consolidated Statements of Operations			30
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity			31
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows			32
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements			33
Supplementary Financial Data (unaudited):
Selected Quarterly Financial Data for each of the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2008			51
Financial Statement Schedule:
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts for each of the years ended December 31, 2006, 2007 and 2008			52

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of PlanetOut Inc.:

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of PlanetOut, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2008. Our audits also included the financial statement schedule listed in the Index at Item 15. These financial statements and schedule are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and schedule based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of PlanetOut, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, and the consolidated results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2008 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Also, in our opinion, the related financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein.

As described in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, the accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern.  The Company’s recurring net losses and accumulated deficit raise substantial doubt about it’s ability to continue as a going concern.  Management’s  plans  to address these matters  are discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements as well as a proposed business combination in Note 14.  The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

/s/ Stonefield Josephson, Inc.

San Francisco, California

March 3, 2009

PlanetOut Inc.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands, except per share amounts)

		December 31,
		2007				2008
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents		$	8,534			$	4,943
Restricted cash			167				1,432
Accounts receivable, net			3,679				847
Prepaid expenses and other current assets			937				996
Current assets of discontinued operations			7,348				—
Total current assets			20,665				8,218
Property and equipment, net			7,821				5,275
Goodwill			2,988				2,988
Other assets			523				397
Long-term assets of discontinued operations			9,355				—
Total assets		$	41,352			$	16,878
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable		$	845			$	695
Accrued expenses and other liabilities			1,888				2,927
Deferred revenue			4,042				2,830
Capital lease obligations, current portion			815				763
Deferred rent, current portion			264				320
Current liabilities of discontinued operations			4,513				—
Total current liabilities			12,367				7,535
Capital lease obligations, less current portion			880				117
Deferred rent, less current portion			1,066				949
Other long-term liabilities			—				300
Long-term liabilities of discontinued operations			2,130				—
Total liabilities			16,443				8,901
Commitments and contingencies (Note 6)
Stockholders’ equity:
Common stock: $0.001 par value, 100,000 shares authorized, 4,096 and 4,089 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2007 and 2008, respectively			40				40
Additional paid-in capital			114,406				115,170
Accumulated other comprehensive loss			(85	)			(94	)
Accumulated deficit			(89,452	)			(107,139	)
Total stockholders’ equity			24,909				7,977
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity		$	41,352			$	16,878

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

PlanetOut Inc.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands, except per share amounts)

		Year Ended December 31,
		2006				2007				2008
Revenue:
Advertising services		$	10,683			$	9,361			$	6,150
Subscription services			18,040				16,130				13,413
Transaction services			1,021				470				257
Total revenue			29,744				25,961				19,820
Operating costs and expenses: (*)
Cost of revenue			9,491				11,422				9,877
Sales and marketing			10,142				9,191				6,651
General and administrative			7,868				11,433				7,238
Restructuring			737				630				—
Depreciation and amortization			3,786				5,455				3,908
Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets			—				415				—
Total operating costs and expenses			32,024				38,546				27,674
Loss from operations			(2,280	)			(12,585	)			(7,854	)
Interest expense			(481	)			(1,610	)			(131	)
Other income, net			568				513				178
Loss from continuing operations before income taxes			(2,193	)			(13,682	)			(7,807	)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes			45				(6	)			—
Loss from continuing operations			(2,238	)			(13,676	)			(7,807	)
Loss from discontinued operations, net of taxes			(1,472	)			(37,494	)			(9,880	)
Net loss		$	(3,710	)		$	(51,170	)		$	(17,687	)
Net loss per share from continuing operations —
Basic and diluted		$	(1.29	)		$	(4.76	)		$	(1.93	)
Loss per share from discontinued operations —
Basic and diluted		$	(0.85	)		$	(13.04	)		$	(2.44	)
Net loss per share —
Basic and diluted		$	(2.14	)		$	(17.79	)		$	(4.36	)
Weighted-average shares used to compute loss per share —
Basic and diluted			1,733				2,876				4,054
(*) Stock-based compensation is allocated as follows (see Note 9):
Cost of revenue		$	61			$	186			$	121
Sales and marketing			37				33				6
General and administrative			173				478				345
Total stock-based compensation		$	271			$	697			$	472

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

PlanetOut Inc.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(In thousands)

		Year Ended December 31,
		2006				2007				2008
Common stock:
Balance, beginning of year		$	17			$	17			$	40
Equity financing			—				23				—
Balance, end of year			17				40				40
Additional paid-in-capital:
Balance, beginning of year			88,333				89,532				114,406
Issuance of common stock for cash on exercise of options and warrants			461				71				—
Stock-based compensation, net of cancellations and tax effects of disqualifying dispositions			293				761				472
Issuance of common stock warrants in connection with debt issuance			445				—				—
Issuance of common stock warrants in connection with financial advisory services			—				185				310
Restricted stock withheld for taxes			—				(137	)			(18	)
Equity financing			—				23,994				—
Balance, end of year			89,532				114,406				115,170
Note receivable from stockholder:
Balance, beginning of year			(603	)			—				—
Repayment of note receivable from stockholder			603				—				—
Balance, end of year			—				—				—
Accumulated other comprehensive loss:
Balance, beginning of year			(123	)			(122	)			(85	)
Foreign currency translation adjustment			1				37				(9	)
Balance, end of year			(122	)			(85	)			(94	)
Accumulated deficit:
Balance, beginning of year			(34,572	)			(38,282	)			(89,452	)
Net loss			(3,710	)			(51,170	)			(17,687	)
Balance, end of year			(38,282	)			(89,452	)			(107,139	)
Total stockholders’ equity		$	51,145			$	24,909			$	7,977
Number of shares
Common stock:
Balance, beginning of year			1,725				1,763				4,096
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of options and warrants			16				14				—
Issuance of restricted stock			22				48				2
Forfeitures of restricted stock grants			—				(4	)			(2	)
Restricted stock withheld for taxes			—				(3	)			(7	)
Equity financing			—				2,278				—
Balance, end of year			1,763				4,096				4,089